A Greek-owned products tanker is feared to have been hijacked in the Gulf of Guinea, off the West coast of Africa.
The government of Georgia says that 17 of its citizens are missing after radio contact was lost with the 10,726-dwt Pantelena (built 2006).
It was reportedly last heard from on 14 August 2018 while en route to Gabon’s coastal capital of Libreville, according to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tbilisi.
